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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD DECISION DOCUMENT
Decision Information

Docket Number:
FD_35130_0

Case Title:
CENTRAL OREGON & PACIFIC RAILROAD, INC.--COOS BAY RAIL LINE

Decision Type:
Decision

Deciding Body:
Entire Board

Decision Summary

Decision Notes:
DECISION DIRECTS RAILAMERICA, INC. AND CENTRAL OREGON AND PACIFIC RAILROAD, INC. (CORP) TO SHOW CAUSE WHY THE BOARD SHOULD NOT CONSIDER CORP’S ONGOING FAILURE TO PROVIDE SERVICE ON THE COOS BAY LINE (THE LINE) IN OREGON TO BE AN UNLAWFUL ABANDONMENT AND WHY CORP SHOULD NOT BE REQUIRED EITHER TO PROMPTLY REPAIR THE TUNNELS ON THE LINE AND RESUME RAIL SERVICE OR TO SEEK ABANDONMENT AUTHORITY.

Full Text of Decision

38941 SERVICE DATE – LATE RELEASE APRIL 11, 2008

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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

DECISION

STB Finance Docket No. 35130

CENTRAL OREGON & PACIFIC RAILROAD, INC.—COOS BAY RAIL LINE

Decided: April 10, 2008

This decision directs RailAmerica, Inc. (RailAmerica) and Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad, Inc. (CORP) (sometimes collectively referred to as the railroad), to show cause why the Board should not consider CORP’s ongoing failure to provide service on the Coos Bay Line (the Line) in Oregon to be an unlawful abandonment and why CORP should not be required either to promptly repair the tunnels on the Line and resume rail service or to seek abandonment authority.